Reserving & registering your company name online thru SEC iRegister

SEC’s iRegister, among other things, allows you to reserve & registeracompany name online. Not that SEC actually needs it — the old-fashioned way is not a bad experience. SEC has one of the most efficient queuing systems, second to the MMDA.

To access iRegister, visit the SEC website, and go to Online Transactions > Reserve Company Name. You can also proceed directly to the iRegister website.

Ingenious is the system’s capability to check if your proposed company name is “valid”. This is a welcome feature for those who have gone thru the manual validity check.

iRegister automatically checks your proposed company name against:

Offensive words

Internationally known foreign corporations

Registered names

Reserved names

Company-owned words

Restricted words in accordance to existing laws

Some words of warning, though: When registering, make sure that you are ready to pay immediately. The system only gives 4 days to pay Reservation Fee.

And, make sure that you have access to their payment mechanisms. The biggest weakness of iRegister is their methods of payment. You can only pay via:

1. SEC Teller
2. UnionBank Teller
3. UnionBank Fund Transfer

It gets worse: There is only one SEC office in Metro Manila. And there is also only one UnionBank branch which can accept your payment — which is ironically located beside SEC.

All things considered, iRegister can still be considered an indispensable tool for the Filipino entrepreneur.

Is iSECRegister really working? Once i key in “continue”, the message that appears is this!
The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

The site is inaccessible! I tried to go to the website with the following browsers: Safari, Firefox, Chrome and IE 7 and still won’t show up. I have tried desperately for the last 2 consecutive days to no avail. I just can’t believe that we have entrusted our money (taxpayer’s money) to purchase something that doesn’t work.

I find hard accessing their online registration and I don’t feel appropriate to fall in line at SEC for 4 hrs then if your name fails your time is really wasted and go over again to step one..which is waiting again for a long time…mabagal talaga..I pray that their system in registration for business change for several years until now nothing change in their system..in fact it getting worst. :((

My husband’s association wants to register their retirees association with SEC to further mobilize their association and also to attract more members. Plead advise what requirements are needed because we are located in Tawi-Tawi. Thank you so much.

If I will register a manufacturing company of uniforms or anything wearable owned by me and other 4 relatives on SEC, is it stock corporation or non stock corporation? Then what is the type on industry? please help.